Photo By Adam Tinworth Journalists continue to be laid off in Tennessee this week as The Tennessean eliminated roughly 30 positions on July 9th which ranges from those reporting on the street to account execs to press operators. It’s not a new story. It’s happening to many of us and it will continue to. The [...]
What If … ?
Jack Lail has an interesting conversation in an early morning post regarding sharing content which expands upon this story in the Memphis Flyer. I’ll let him tell you. The news about a content sharing agreement between Tennessee’s four largest newspapers brought some fascinating Twitter comments from Jay Rosen, the influential New York University journalism professor, [...]
Anonymous Commenters On Trial
By Trace Sharp The issue of anonymous commenters on news web sites has hit the courtroom in Knoxville. The issue has brought up a lot of discussion on and off line about the right to remain anonymous. Katie Allison Granju and I agree on this subject. The online comments on media web sites – including [...]
Enhancing The News Experience
Looking back at some of the best posts as we head into the new year regarding tools for journalists of all kinds, I found this post about KnoxNews at NewAssignment. Knoxville, Tennessee based KnoxNews released their own iPhone application last month allowing users to upload their own reports to a profile hosted via im.knoxnews.com. Each [...]